R. G. D.

Allen
Sir Roy George Douglas Allen, CBE, FBA (3 June 1906 – 29
Sir Roy George Douglas
September 1983) was an English economist, mathematician and
statistician, also member of the International Statistical Institute. Allen
CBE

Life
Allen was born in Worcester and educated at the Royal Grammar
School Worcester, from which he won a scholarship to Sidney
Sussex College, Cambridge. He gained a First Class Honours in
Mathematics, ranking top of his year as the Senior Wrangler.

He became a lecturer at the London School of Economics (LSE)

later becoming Professor of Statistics. He wrote many papers and
books on mathematical economics including the famous paper on
A Reconsideration of the Theory of Value published in Economics
in 1934 with Sir John Hicks. Other books include: Mathematical
Analysis for Economists (1938), Statistics for Economists (1949),
Mathematical Economics (1956), and Macroeconomic Theory
(1967). Allen in 1978
Allen was knighted in 1966 for his services to economics and Born 3 June 1906
became president of the Royal Statistical Society, who awarded Stoke-on-Trent,
him the Guy Medal in Gold in 1978. He was also treasurer of the Staffordshire,
British Academy of which he was a fellow (FBA). England

He introduced the concept of "partial elasticity of substitution" to Died 29 September 1983

economics in his famous 1938 book Mathematical Analysis for (aged 77)[1]
Economists. Southwold, Suffolk,
England
Allen became a fellow of Sidney Sussex, Cambridge and died in
Alma mater University of
1983. He had a son, Jeremy, who was a co-founder of the
consultancy International Planning and Research, and a grandson, Cambridge
Dion. Known for Partial elasticity of
substitution
Publications (selection) Awards Guy Medal (gold,
1978)
"The Nature of Indifference Curves", 1934, RES.
Scientific career
"The Concept of the Arc Elasticity of Demand", 1934,
RES Fields Statistics
"A Reconsideration of the Theory of Value", 1934, Institutions London School of
Economica, Part II 1(2), pp. 196-219. (https://web.archiv Economics
e.org/web/20120402085149/http://econ.ucdenver.edu/b
eckman/research/readings/allen-1934.pdf) (Part I by J.R. Hicks)
Family Expenditure with A.L. Bowley, 1935.
 Mathematical Analysis for Economists, 1938. 1st-page chapter links. (https://www.questia.co
m/library/book/mathematical-analysis-for-economists-by-r-g-d-allen.jsp) Review fragments
by J.R. Hicks [1] (https://www.jstor.org/pss/2549083) and Carl F. Christ (1st paragraph).[2] (htt
ps://www.jstor.org/pss/1234785)
"The Supply of Engineering Labor under Boom Conditions", with B. Thomas, 1939,
Economic Journal.
Statistics for Economists, 1949. Review by Wilhelm Winkler[3] (http://www.digizeitschriften.d
e/dms/img/?PID=GDZPPN001549065) (German).
"Index Numbers of Retail Prices, 1938-51", 1952, Applied Statistics.
Mathematical Economics, 1956. Review fragments by Oskar Morgenstern[4] (https://www.jst
or.org/pss/1055709), C.F. Carter,[5] (https://www.jstor.org/pss/2227249) and Carl F. Christ
(2nd and 3rd para.).[6] (https://www.jstor.org/pss/1234785)
Macroeconomic Theory, 1967.
"On Official Statistics and Official Statisticians", 1970, J of Royal Statistical Society.
Index Numbers in Theory and Practice, 1975.
Introduction to National Accounts Statistics, 1980.

References
1. Eatwell, John; Milgate, Murray; Newman, Peter (1987). The New Palgrave: a dictionary of
economics - Sir Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave - Google Books (https://books.google.com/boo
ks?id=Ecw2AQAAIAAJ&q=%22allen,+roy+george+douglas%22). ISBN 9780333372357.
Retrieved 27 June 2012 – via Google Books.

Sources
Obituaries

E. Grebenik Roy George Douglas Allen 1906–1983, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society.
Series A (General), Vol. 147, No. 5 (1984), pp. 706–707.
Obituary: Sir Roy Allen, CBE, FBA (1906-1983,The Statistician, Vol. 33, No. 4 (Dec., 1984),
pp. 401–406. (includes list of Allen's publications.)

External links
New School: Roy G. D. Allen (https://web.archive.org/web/20090221105210/http://cepa.new
school.edu/het/profiles/allen.htm)

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